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Home My WebLink About1990-11-27 Addendum Regular City Commission Meeting MinutesDISCUSSION ( continued ) 7. 17 PoliticaI Sign Ordinance. ( Vice !.tayor }{ikes ) ADDENDUM DANIA CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 27, ]-gg07!00 P.M. ( further discussion) fpt-rnsr 3rm r$is t-rri ER T ruu-*s NANC'I L. PREUSZ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 1399 STIRLING ROAO, P.O BOX 415 . DANIA, FLOBIDA 33004 TELEPHONE: 920-9662 NOVEI\,IBER 26, 1990 IIONORABLE COMMSSTONER CITY OF DANIA 1OO WEST DANI.A BEACE BOULEVARD DANIA, FL. 33004 DEAR HONORABLE COMMISSIONER : AFTER READING THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WEICE APPEARED IN THE FORT LAUDERDALE NEWS/SUNSENTINEL, I UNDERSTAND TEAT ON NOVEMBER 2?, 1990 TEE DANIA CITY COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER A RESOI-UTION ASKING flUD TO IIiIVESTIGATE AITID/ON AUDIT TEE DANIA TIOUSING AUTEORITY. I FELT IT \AIAS TI{E APPROPRIATE TIME TO IURITE TO YOU AI{D TO HOPEFT'LLY PUT TO REST SOME OF TI{E ALLEGATIONS AND VICIOUS RUMORS TEAT ARE STILL BEING CTRCULATED ABOUT TTE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND TEE STAFF OF TEE DANIA EOUSING AUTf,ORITY. rIRST OF ALt, I HAVE ENCI,OSED COPIES OF ATL TEE AUDIT REPORI'S SINCE 1986 ATD THE EUD DETERMINATION OF EACII AUDIT. AS YOU CAN SEE BY EXAMING TEE REPORTS, THERE HAVE BEEN NO AUDIT FINDINGS AND THE HUD AREA OFFICE HAS ACCEPTED AIL REPORTS. THE FIRMTOF MALCOMB JOHNSON AND ASSOCIATES IS A EUD RECOMMENDED AUDIT FIRM AND SPECIALIZES IN AUDITING UOUSING AUTIIORITIES THROUGHOUT TEE COUNTRY. IN 1086 TflE EOUSING AUTEORITY HAD A NEGATTVE $2O,OOO.OO IN RESERVE. AT THE CLOSE OF THE FTSCAL YEAR '90 TEE HOUSING AUTEORJTY IS SHOWING A SURPLUS OF $89,OOO.OO. I WII,L AI,SO NOTE TEAT A COPY OF THE MANAGEMENT REPORT CONDUCTED BY TI{E DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMEIiIT IS Af,SO INCLUDED. TEE REPORT trIGflLIGHTS EOW TEE FISCAL MANAGEMENT EAS GREATLY IMPROVED \UHICE INCLUDES MAINTAINING TINANCIAL RECORDS, SUBMITTING ANNUAL BUDGETS, AND CONDUCTING AN INDEPENDENT ANNUAL AUDIT. TEE REPOR? ALSO STATES "TITE IOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DANIA HAS DNAMATICALLY IMPROVED ITS ADMINISTRATION OF TEE SECTION 8 HAP OVER TEE PAST FEW YEARS. TUE PHA NOW EAS ACCOUNTABILITY, cURRENT REconDs ixp pate, AND IMpRovED nELATIoNs wITH THE COMMIJNITY, OWIIERS/LANDLORDS AND PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. TIIESE IMPROVEMENTS HAYE I,ED TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR TIIE SECTION 8 CERTIFICATES AND VOUCHERS WHICII HAS AI,LOWED TIIE PTIA TO PROVIDE MORE ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBI,E FAMILIES AND IMPROVE TIIE QUAIITY OF HOUSING AVAILABLE TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS." TUE DAII{I,A EOUSING AUTHORITY EAS GROWN FROM A 181 I'NITS OF SECTION 8 TO APPROXIMATELY 350 UNITS OF SECTION 8, VOUCEERS, OPERATION BOOTSTRAP, .AND PUBLIC HOUSING. SEVERAL AWARD LETTERS ARE ATSO INCLUDED TO REMIND YOU OF TEE MILLIONS OF DOI,LARS WIIICH HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO THE CITY OF DANIA. THE DEPARTMENT OF IIUD DOES NOT CONTINUALLY GRANT SUCE LARGE AWARDS TO HOUSING AUTTIORITIES WruCS ARE OPERATING IN A CARELESS MANNER. IF YOU HAVE NOT EAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INSPECT THE NEW PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS BEING CONSTRUCTED BY THE COPELAND DEVELOPMENT GROUP ON THE CORNER OF N.W. ?TE AVENUE AND WEST DANIA BEACH |; EIET . VETA PETEFMAN . ROBERT (BO) DONLY . WILLIAM C- WII{KELHOLz . GWENDOLYN L. PEOPLES vI(]E CHAIBMAI( COI,MISSIONFB CHAIRMAN COMMISSIONEF . THOMAS P. SETTE COMMISSIONER BOT'TEVARD, I WOULD II{YITE YOU TO PLEASE FIND A FEW MINUTES AND SEE FOR YOURSEI,F WIIAT A POSITTVE CONTRIBUTION TEE IIOUSING AUTEONITY EAS MADE TO TEE N.W. SIDE OF DANIA. ENCLOSED IN THE PACKAGE IS TEE LATEST FIELD REPORT SI'BIIIITTED ?O OUR OFFICE BY TIIE FIR"IT{ Otr' GOMEZ AND PEREZ ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS. TEIS IS A TURNKEY PROJECT WHICH MEANS TEAT TIIE DEVELOPER MUST FINANCE TE8 ENTIRE PROJECT. TIIE DEVELOPER DOES NOT RECEIVE ANY MONEY FOR THE PROJECT UNTII, IIUD IIAS APPROVED THE SITE AS WELL AS TEE HOUSING AUTEORITY. TEIS SITE IS BEING MOMTORED BY TEE FIRM OF GOMEZ AND PEREZ, WHO WAS EIRED BY TEE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO ACT AS TEE CONSULTING ARCEITECT. IT IS TEE RESPONSIBII,ITY OF TEE ARCHITECT TO NOTIFY THE UOUSING AUTHORITY OF A!{Y PROBI,EMS OR FINANCIAL CONCERNS WIIILE TBE SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. TO DATE, TRE ARCHITECT HAS NOT REPORTED ANY PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS, AND TEE PROJECT IS MOVING TO COMPLETION. CONCERNING THE LITIGATION INVOL!'ING THE DANIA HOUSING AUTHONITY AND TEE RECENT APPOINTMENTS MADE BY TUE MAYOR, TEE EOUSING AUTHORITY IVAS SUED BY GLORIA DALY AND PATRICIA DAVIS. LEGAf, SERVICES ARE BEING PAID BY MAYOR MC ELYEA. I HAD EELD SEVERAI MEETINGS WITH TEE MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY, AND TEE CITY MANAGER IN AN ATTEMPT TO SETTLE THIS MATTER. TO NO AVAIL, THE MEETINGS WERE USELESS AND TEE SUGGESTED PROPOSALS WERE NOT ADDRESSED. TEE FTRST LAW SUIT, JUDGE COHEN RULED IN !'AVOR OF DAI,Y AND DAVIS. BUT DUE TO SEVERAL CIRCIJMSTANCES OF THE LAW SUIT AND BEING A CASE OF FIRST IMPRESSIONS, TIIE HOUSING AUTHORITY FELT THE DECISION WAS NOT AS CLEAR CUT AS TEE DECISION RENDERED. THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS GAVE THE IIOUSING AUTIIORITY ATTORNEY lrHE RIGHT TO FILE AN APPEAL, WHICTI HE HAS EXERCISED. CONCERNING TEE PATRICIA DAVIS APPOINTMENT, MS. DAVIS WAS TERMINATED FROM TEE TIOUSING AUTHORITY PROGRAM FOR FAILURE TO REPORT INCOME wITflIN TEN WORIONG DAYS. SHE RECEIVED A LUMP SUM PAYMENT WHICE TOTALED OVER $7,OOO.OO. MS. DAVIS NEVER REPORTED ?HE INCOME TO THE HOUSING AUTEORITY. SEE WAS GTVEN THE RIGHT TO A HEANING, WHICH SIIE DECLINED. AS FAR AS TEE SARAII SPATES APPOINTMENT, SEE HAS AI,SO BEEN ?ERMINATED FROM THE SECTION 8 PROGNAM FOR FAILURE TO REPORT INCOME. SEE EAS BEEN GTVEN TEE RIGf,T TO AN INTORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE EEARING. SHE EAS REQUESTED A IIEARING. THEREFORE TIER PARTICIPATION ON TIIE PROGRAM HAS BEEN TERMINATED UNTIL TEE EEARING. TIIE HEARING WILL BB SCHEDULED IN TRE NEAR FUTURE. MS. SPATES 1{AS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR SEVERAI MON?HS. BEFORE HER DISPUTED APPOINTMENT TO THE DANIA EOUSING AUTIIORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, MS. GLORIA DAI,Y REPORTED TWO TENANTS RENTING FROM A LAI{DLORD WHO EAD OTHER PEOPLE LIVING WITH TIIEM ANI) UNREPORTED INCOME. ONE OF THE TWO FAMILIES REPORTED TO EOUSING AUTIIORITY BY MS. DAIY WAS TEE SPATES' FAMILY. IT WAS BECAUSE OT HER TELEPHONE CAIL WHICI{ INITIATED TEE INVESTIGATION. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TERMINATING FAMILIES T1/IIO HAVE COMMITED FEDERAL FRAUD. TEIS IS A FEDERAI, LAW AND SERIOUS PENALTIES COULD BE IMPOSED AGAINST TEE EOUSING AUTHORITY IF WE DID NOT ACT ACCORDINGLY. TO DATE, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IIAS TERMINATED APPROXIMATELY EIGHT TO TEN FAMILIES THIS YEAR. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL CONTINUE TO TERMINATE FAMILIES WIIO VIOLATE FEDERAL LAW. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAD SCIIEDULED ITS ANNUAI, MEETING ON NOVEMBER FMST AS THE BY-LAWS REQUIRE. DUE TO LACK OF QUORUM, THE MEETING WAS RESCHEDULED TO NOVEMBER 8TE AT 5:00 P.M. TEE MEETING NOTICE WAS POSTED ON TEE PUBLIC BULI,ETIN BOARD. BOTH NOTICES FOR THE MEETINGS WERE POSTED ON THE SAME BULLETIN BOARD. THE IIOUSING AUTHORTTY WAS NOT TRYING TO CONCEAI, ANY MEETINGS. TI{E NOTICE WAS POSTED AS PRESCRIBED UNDER THE SUNSIIINE LAW. THE ONLY OTHER BULLETTN BOARD REQIIIRES A KEY TO POST A NOTICE, WfiICH OUR AGENCY DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO. ANY OTEER TIME, MEETING NOTICES WERE POSTED ON TUE INFORMATION DESK IN TEE CITY FOYER. SINCE Tf,IS FOYER WAS REMOVED, TEE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON TEE ONLY PUBLIC BUI,LETIN BOARD. IN TEE SPTRIT OF FAIRNESS, I CALLED MS. DALY TO INFORM I{ER OF TI{E MEETING. SEE STATED TEAT SHE WENT RIGHT TO CITY ITALL TO ATTEND TEE BOARD MEETING BUT TEE MEETING WAS OVER AT 5:30 P.M. TEE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING WAs NoT CONCLUDED UNTIL 6:05 P.M. THE COMIvISSIONERS PRXSENT WERE TIIE ONI,Y COMMISSIONERS WHO IIAVE BEEN DETERMINED ELIGIBLE TO SERVE BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ATTORNEY. HOUSING AUTIIORITY MEETINGS WILL BE HELD AS NEEDED. REGI'I,AR MEETINGS WILL BE RESUMED ONCE THE LITIGATION EAS BEEN SETTLED. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE IS A I,ETTER ADDRESSED TO MR. JIM CHAPLIN, AREA MANAGER, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HUD FROM MYSELF REQUESTING THAT EITEER TEE JACKSONVILLE OFFICE OR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OFFICE FROM TEE EUD ATLAI{TA OFFICE CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION OF TEE DANIA HOUSING AUTIIORITY TO DISSPELL TIIE RUMORS OF CORNUPTION AND POOR MANAGEMENT. YOU WILL SEE THAT THE HUD OFFICE EAS REPORTED THAT WE ARE SCEEDULED FOR A MANAGEMENT REVIEW ONCE TRAVEI MONEY IS AVAILABLE. TEEREFORE. TIIE HOUSING AUTHORITY WELCOMES AN INVESTIGATION. IN CONCLUSION, I HOPE THE RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY WILL NOT INTERFERE OR DELAY THE OPENING OF TEE MIZELL PROJECT SINCE WE EAVE NO? RECEIVED ANY MONEY OR FINAL APPROVAL FROM THE EUD AREA OFFTCE, I HOPE THIS INFORMATION WILL PUT YOUR MIND TO REST THAT THE IIOUSING AUTHORITY IS OPERATING AN EFFICIENT DAY TO DAY OPERATION. SINCERELY, !A:-ArJ4* .)-*PJ-.14 WILI,IAM C. WINKELHOLZ CEAIRMAN EOUSING AUTEOruTY OF TEE CITY DANIA the South Decenber Flor ida1, 1990 Counc i Iat Joe WHEREAS, this isBoy Scout Show which Robbie Stadium; and MAYOR I S PROCLAI.TATION the 25th year of wi 11 take place WHEREAS, the Annual Scout Show, which began in 1965, is thebiggest display of what scouting is alt aboutr and WHEREAS, the Scout Showrs 25th anniversary coincldes with theMiami DoJ.phinsr 2Sth anniversary; and WHEREAS, the Annual Scout Show demonstrates the activitles ofmore than 30 r 000 young scouts including 6,000 exceptional(handicapped) youngst.ers, 1,200 youth living in housing projects,300 migrant farm children, and 100 boys in juvenile detentioncenLers who now enjoy the scouting advantage; and more solar WHEREAS, Scouts from Dade, Brocrard and Monroethan 300 booths and exhibits that disptaycooking to the slide for life; and Counties set upeverything from WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City of Dania to officiallyrecognize the achievements of the South Florida Council of aoyScouts of America and to support this event. NOW, THEREEORE, I, CIIARLES K. MCELYEA, as Mayor of the Cityof Dania, Elorida, do hereby proclaim December 1, 1990, as: in the City ofspecial event. BOY SCOUT SEOW DAY Dania and urge all citizens to participate in this DATED this 27th day of Novemberr 1990. ES K.cE Mayor ATTEST : ty C l erk-LI tor WHEREAS, the Scout Show has made a great contribution to theCity of Dania under the guidance of the South Florida Council ofBoy Scouts of America; and